I learned to program because I needed to get things done. First I wrote a tool to check a bunch of coupon codes on a website, then I taught myself to code to h

I learned to program because I needed to get things done. First I wrote a tool to check a bunch of coupon codes on a website, then I taught myself to code to hack a friend who tried to hack me. Eventually it turned into writing tools to hack websites and then it turned into making them. Then it turned into entrepreneurship, contracting and now bootstrapping small projects which collectively make a good amount of money. The key skill to effect change in the world (and reap the benefits) is not programming, it's learning to think in terms of product and use software as a way to deliver value.